PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The school counseling program is designed to benefit our students as they progress through elementary school. The purpose of the program is to address the developmental needs of all students and to provide additional support to students with specific needs. We meet these goals by providing classroom guidance lessons, small group counseling (including newcomers, friendship and changing family groups) and short-term individual counseling support.

To create a supportive environment to enable student success, school counselors collaborate with parents and staff. This collaboration to help students and families manage special issues that may effect a child’s educational, emotional, and/or social growth and development is among our primary goals.

social emotional wellness (sew)

Social and Emotional Wellness (SEW) classroom lessons are run by the school counseling team. This time in the classrooms has been designed to focus on addressing Ohio’s Social and Emotional Learning Standards to help students with their self-awareness, social and coping skills with a focus on listening skills, executive functioning and decision-making skills.

Throughout the year school counselors will visit their grade-level classrooms for guidance lessons to deliver Ohio’s adopted Social and Emotional Learning Standards through lessons focused on self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, decision making, personal safety and career considerations. Themes of perseverance, executive functioning, coping skills, conflict resolution, identification of feelings, friendships, growth mindset and other topics that reflect skills needed for students to have a successful school and personal life will be sewn into lessons throughout the quarter.

Helpful resources

Connecting for Kids Webinars
Personal Safety Lesson - Letter to Parents
- Curriculum: Educate to Protect
  - Parent/Child Resources l Universal Distress Signal

Tips for Parents:

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